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Taxonomy: Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1830)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Pterotracheoidea (Superfamily) > Carinariidae (Family) > Cardiapoda (Genus) > placenta (Species)
Family:
CARINARIIDAE
Synonymised Names:
=Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906
=Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906
=Cardiapoda trachydermon Tesch, 1906
=Pterotrachea placenta Lesson, 1830
Details: Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1830)
Size/Grows to:
Length 50mm (animal)
Distribution:
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, pelagic. Off Cape Brett, Northland
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.153)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1976 On the considerable influx of warm water molluscs that have invaded northern New Zealand waters within recent years, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 13 (p.146)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil